During my now more than 30 years of listening and collecting congolese music, I've been helped in large ways and small by more kind people than I can remember. The ones listed here (in no particular order) are among those I recall that had information that I benefitted from and deserve special credit!

Willy Epée Ekwe Silo

Graeme Ewens

Roelof "Rufus" Neeteson

Ange Gabriel

Jan Berggren

Vincent Kenis

David Peterson

Ronnie Graham

Steve Roney

Vincent Luttman

Hisano Luttman

Douglas Paterson

Mose Se Sengo "Fan Fan"

Anders Hällgren

Paul Johnston

Alastair Johnston

Magnus Sjögren

David Jalloux

Graeme Counsel

Fabian Altahona Romero

Bertil Kempe

Juan Carlos Mercado Rios

Peter Kowatsch

Pete Jack

Miyauchi Kyosuke -"bonobo"

Ibrahim Genawi

David Noyes

Juan Hanneyan

Lauran

Martin Sinnock

Ronald Zee

Peter Toll

J. Bouloudi

Maestro Araï

Stephane Rebeschini

Robert W Massa

RumbaCa

Doi Naotaka

Dan Berkman

Michael Waganda

Uli Niebergall

Rashid King

Jack Shoults

"Grègoire" de Villanova

Jim Sneglov

Paul Thompson

Zheng Ajing

oeokosko

ljm de Jonge

Yovo

John Juston

Mij Volgens

Stefan Werdekker

Sylvain Konko

Andreas Rogler

Jonas Gruvaeus

As my faltering memory still by some divine grace occasionally experience moments of clarity and on especially clear days receive extraordinary impulses of insight, it is my sincerest hope that I will yet be able to amend to this list all those that rightfully deserv credit! Should you feel slighted in any way or know of someone missing, that actually merit to be on this list, Please, do not hesitate to contact me and help me giving praise to those that have contributed!